neuroscience

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Episode 20: Buried Alive

21 Feb, 2017  in Podcasts  tagged brain death / critical care / history / medicine / morbid / neuroscience by AdamRodman

The nineteenth century was struck by a collective panic about being buried alive, leading to a bevy of new laws, regulations, and inventions like the safety coffin.  In this episode, we explore how medical science created and fueled this fear by blurring the line between life and death with the […]

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Episode 16: Phineas

26 Oct, 2016  in Podcasts  tagged folklore / history / medical history / neuroscience / phineas gage by AdamRodman

Everyone knows the story of Phineas Gage, the young man who had a tamping iron shot through his brain in a freak accident and miraculously survived, only to have extreme personality changes. But the true story is far more complex — and more interesting. In Episode 16 of Bedside Rounds, […]

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